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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II Galaxy Express 999
| Issuer | Tuvalu |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a pearl drop earring and pearl necklace, as sculpted by Raphael David Maklouf, with the engraver's initials RDM incuse below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads QUEEN ELIZABETH II along the upper arc, with the denomination and metal specifications 5OZ 999 SILVER TUVALU 2007 disposed around the lower arc of the polished field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Galaxy Express 999 is the 1977 manga series by Leiji Matsumoto, later adapted into a celebrated anime film in 1979 — a story about a boy traveling the galaxy aboard a steam locomotive-styled space train. Tuvalu's licensing arrangement with Japanese pop-culture properties during the 2000s produced a steady run of large-format silver issues aimed squarely at the collector and anime fan markets, with virtually no expectation of circulation.
The 5-ounce format was a deliberate choice for this series, giving the die engravers surface area sufficient for the kind of detailed imagery Matsumoto's aesthetic demands.